Ottawa has confirmed the death of Canadian mining executive Kirk Woodman in Burkina Faso. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is working on the investigation with authorities in the west African country. (The Canadian Press)

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Police say they now believe one of two suspects in the bombing of a Mississauga, Ontario, restaurant may be a woman, contrary to earlier reports. The explosion injured 15 people at a Bombay Bhel location last week.

Green party Leader Elizabeth May has been fined $1,500 for violating an injunction when she protested the Trans Mountain pipeline at a Kinder Morgan work site in March. May says she will continue to fight the pipeline expansion.

A federal program is changing with the aim to give parents of children lost to crime or abduction easier access and more money. Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the changes will triple the number of eligible families.

Vice Media's Ben Makuch says police shouldn't be able to use journalists to further their investigations, and is at the Supreme Court fighting a lower court ruling that he must give background materials on an accused terrorist to the RCMP.

In response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments Wednesday that Canada has been difficult to deal with during NAFTA negotiations, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Ottawa will always defend Canadian interests.

Ontario’s Liberal and PC leaders took aim the province’s New Democrats over an NDP plan to start decommissioning the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station this year. PC Leader Doug Ford said the move would put thousands out of work.

A lawyer from a Winnipeg firm targeted with letter bombs in 2015 says the legal community is looking for closure after Guido Amsel was found guilty Thursday of attempting to murder his former wife and two lawyers.

Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta will pass a bill that grants it the power to intervene in the energy market, as Ottawa renews its commitment to Trans Mountain. The federal government said Wednesday it will backstop the pipeline expansion.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S. business community is showing plenty of interest in investing in Canada despite doubts around NAFTA and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.